As I
posted close to two months ago, I am the proud owner of a new Cervélo R3 road bike. It's far more road bike than I could ever exploit - even if I had 10x my current talent and strength. Back in March I was just the owner of a frameset and a box of parts. Parts which I ended up selling off on eBay in order to finance some nicer bits to hang from the svelte carbon tubes.
Those nicer bits *finally* arrived last week after a 5 week wait. But I'm not complaining - after healing from
the crash that took out Plastic Bike Mark I and a ten day stint in Taiwan, my cyclocross bike has been a fair substitute in the interm.
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Here she is all built up. Quite a dream bike.
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It's only had one brief shake-down run, commuting home from work on Tuesday night. Three minutes into the ride I received my first compliment from a fellow rider.
I had fully planned on taking the long way in to work on Wednesday, but nature decided to literally rain on my parade. And though I am not opposed to getting wet during a ride, the bike is just too darn perfect right now to subject every moving part to a bath of rainwater and road spray.
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And plain morning spaciness kept me from taking it out for a lunch ride as I ended up leaving my helmet at home.
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A big thank you to my friends Jason and Don with help on some of the parts. Thanks to Josh for finishing up the build and getting it perfectly dialed in.
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And a special thanks to Allie for putting up with my indulgences from time to time. You're the best.
3 comments:
That's a big, steaming pile of meh you got right there! ;-)
j/k I'm sure it's a nice ride...
I was waiting for the unofficial Trek response. Thanks KVH.
I couldn't help myself. Sorry.
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